hail

VERBNOUN /heɪl/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH H

hail is a valid 4-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4A1I1L1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does hail mean?

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Praise vociferously.

“The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”

BROADER
2

Be a native of.

“She hails from Kalamazoo”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Greet enthusiastically or joyfully.

SYNONYMS
4

Call for.

“hail a cab”

5

Precipitate as small ice particles.

“It hailed for an hour”

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

Enthusiastic greeting.

2

Many objects thrown forcefully through the air.

“a hail of pebbles”

“a hail of bullets”

3

Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of hail

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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